PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3215, 11 May 1911, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS.

PREPARING FOR THE FRAY. PROBABLE AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATES. xn less than five months’ time we will again, says the “Auckland Star,” be in the throes 1 of a. general Parliamentary election. Already probable and possible candidates are freely mentioned, and the general indications are 'that at the next- hustings there will be lots doing. In the Auckland province both the Liberal and the Reform parties have had their organisers at work, and quite a number of candidates for political honors have, already been definitely announced.

For City Central the sitting member, Air A. E. Glover, will have to meet Mr P. J. Nefheny and Air AV. J. Napier, both of whom are definitely out for the seat. Air J. C. Gleason, who polled so well at the recent City Council election, is also- spoken of as a likely candidate. The Political Labour Party will probably put up a candidate, and Air Scot-t-Bennett, the well-known Socialist lecturer. is regarded as a. likely aspirant for City Central seat.

The suggestion is freely made that the Mayor (Air C. J. Parr) will be requisitioned to contest the Auckland AVest constituuency with Air O. H. Poole. Alessrs AA 7 . J. Ralph and J. J. O’Brien- are also, mentioned as possible candidates for the- seat.

So far there has- been no- mention of anyone challenging the Hon. Geo. Fowlds, in Grey Lynn, or Air Arthur Alyers, in Auckland East. Air ’Frank Lawry, who lias for 23 years represented Parnell, will again be a candidate. Air At. J. Alack, general secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, is definitely out for the seat as the selected Labour candidate. It is considered likely tlia-t Air. E. G. B. Aloss will again seek the suffr-a seso-f the Parnell electors, and Air J. S. Dickson’s name is also mentioned.

A new electorate in Eden County, as a result of the increase in population, is assured. For the new seat there is bound to be a plethora, of candidates. Air G. J. Garland is the- first to announce himself as a candidate for the additional constituency, and Air AA T . J. Speight- is freely spoken of as likely to enter the field when the electorate is brought into existence. Manukau’s representative (Air F. Av. Lang) is assured of a contest with Air J. B. Morton," who wrote from New York a. few weeks ago, stating that he would be back in Auckland in time to again contest that seat at next election.

It has been rumoured that Mr John Bollard, for health reasons, will not seek re-election, but that rumour is discredited by the sitting member for Eden. So far no opponent has been announced for the seat. In the case of the AVaitemata seat, Air L. R. Phillips’ possession oi the seat will be challenged by Air A. Harris, who, like Air Phillips, is a supporter of the Opposition.

The Leader of the Opposition, Air AA 7 F. Aiassay, will, in all probability, again have as bis opponent Air J. AV. McLaren.; while liis lieutenant, Air AA 7 . H. Herries, is likely to be challenged by Air C. Alanuel in the Tauran-ga constituency.

On the goldfields Air Parry, President- of the AA r ailii' Aliners’ Union, isi spoken of as a possible opponent of the sitting member, Air H. Poland. At the Thames Air. E. H. Taylor may have to fight- for the retention c-f... his seat against either Air A. Burns or Air Joseph Clark. In the AAuikat-o Air H. J. Greenslade will again be opposed by Colonel Allen Bell. It- is believed that owing to the increase- in population a new electoral district will' be constituted in the vicinity of Te Kuiti, and Air Jas. Boddie, Alayor of that town, lias already announced his intention of seeking political honours next election.

In the North, Air A r ern-on Reed, as member for Bay of Islands, will be opposed by a Reform Party candidate in the person of Mr J. Wilkinson, of Oruru. In Alarsden, Mr F. Alander’s constituency, no candidate has yet been announced, but Alessrs R. Thompson, E. C. Purdie and J. Harrison, are all mentioned as possible opponents of the sitting member. Likewise for Kaipar'a there has been no definite announcement so far, but Alessrs A. Harding, Gordon Coates and Hector Simson are spoken of as likely to come out before the- elections .